LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Chief of Police says a man who was shot dead by police officers during a confrontation in the city's Skid Row section "forcibly grabbed" for one officer's holster, which led to the police-involved shooting.
Police Chi
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Forbes estimated back in June that Jordan, 52, had joined the ranks of the billionaires after increasing his stake in the Charlotte Hornets -- the franchise in which he purchased a majority interest for $275 million in March of 2010, back when they w
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problems power laws. As it stands, Dr. Dre and Universal Pictures are the target of a new lawsuit where a 70s R&B singer is claiming he never got any royalties from the 1988 sample on the N.W.A cut, "If It Ain't Ruff."
In the new federal documents
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Three armed suspects are on the run after allegedly robbing a tractor trailer that was transporting a shipment of millions of dollars worth of gold and silver, police said.
Two armed security security guards told police they were traveling from Mi
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An ongoing federal lawsuit filed by the family of Tamir Rice prompted a response from the city of Cleveland last week arguing that the 12-year-old was responsible for his own death.
The city's claims caused outrage from family and community member
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A Weirton man faces charges of shooting his children with a BB gun to discipline them.
Weirton police tell media outlets that Joseph F. Majewski, 35, is charged with child abuse with serious bodily injury and domestic battery.
The children are
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Residents of Brattleboro, Vermont, will vote on a ballot item that would let 16- and 17-year-olds vote in local elections.
Vermont's current voting age is 18, and that wouldn't change for state and federal elections. The proposal by Brattleboro re
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A skit on "Saturday Night Live" that parodies a car company ad by having a father see her daughter off to join ISIS has some viewers saying the show crossed the line from edgy to offensive.
The controversial skit, featuring "50 Shades of Grey" sta
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DALLAS - A 26-year-old nurse said in a newspaper interview that a hospital where she had worked in Dallas and its parent company failed her when she contracted Ebola while caring for the first person in the U.S. diagnosed with the deadly disease.
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Hillary Clinton and her close advisers are telling Democratic donors that she will enter the presidential race sooner than expected, likely in April, a move that would allay uncertainties within her party and allow her to rev up fundraising.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Two people were injured after being shot Saturday at a Charlotte nightclub where rappers T.I., Young Jeezy and Yo Gotti were advertised to appear, a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police spokesman said.
The Charlotte Observer reported th
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Charmayne Maxwell of the 90s R&B group Brownstone has died after a fall in Los Angeles.
According to the Danish outlet Her & Nu, the fall occurred while she was attending her son's soccer game on Saturday (Feb. 28).
Maxwell's brother, Brandon,
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Better late than never?
Kanye West took to Twitter Thursday evening to apologize to Beck, presumably for the Grammy Awards incident 18 days ago on February 8.
"I would like to publicly apologize to Beck, I'm sorry Beck," the tweet read. There w
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Earl Lloyd, the first black player in NBA history, died Thursday. He was 86.
Lloyd's alma mater, West Virginia State, confirmed the death. It did not provide details.
Lloyd made his NBA debut in 1950 for the Washington Capitals, just before fel
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Louis Farrakhan discusses how rappers are changing while delivering comments to the Nation of Islam's annual Saviours' Day keynote address on Sunday (February 22).
"Your children are not like you, parents," Farrakhan says in his speech. "The rappe
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LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The "Jihadi John" masked fighter who fronted Islamic State beheading videos is Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwaiti-born Briton from a prosperous family who grew up in London and graduated with a computer programming degree, accordin
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- People across northern Arizona couldn't use the Internet, their cellphones or landlines for several hours Wednesday after someone vandalized a fiber-optic line that brings communications to a large part of the state, officials sai
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Despite my two [failed] marriages, I still believe in love," says Sarah, who has been dating a man she met online for the past 17 months. "He told me early on that he was a widower, and that he had two daughters and he was on a business trip to South
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The comedian made the big announcement on his Instagram Wednesday morning.
"This is a mind blowing moment for me people....I will be filming my next special "What Now" in Philadelphia at the "Lincoln Financial Stadium" the 35-year-old proclaimed.
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The Federal Communications Commission will vote Thursday on a question that will change the Internet for all of us: Should some Americans be allowed to pay extra for faster service, or is Internet access a new American right -- equal for all. It's ca
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Hello Rochester, this is Nurse Bowick. Have we got something to talk about? Oh Yeah! Its Black history month and I wonder if Black people ever consider the impact that slavery still has on our health today. All those years of moving masses of people
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A 19-year-old University of Illinois at Chicago student allegedly said he was reenacting scenes from "50 Shades of Grey" with a consenting fellow student, but prosecutors say he is guilty of sex assault.
Freshman Mohammad Hossain, 19, allegedly to
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TORONTO (AP) -- Chris Brown tweeted Tuesday that he's been denied entry into Canada and that his concerts in Montreal and Toronto have been canceled.
The Grammy-winning R&B singer was scheduled to perform at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Tuesday
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Damon Wayans is postponing multiple tour stops after suffering a medical emergency related to his diabetes ... TMZ has learned.
The comedian was supposed to perform Saturday in Missouri, but sources close to Wayans tell us he's unable to fly right
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